San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-14

Did Frank Wash meet the German
blacksmith boy at the long switch on
AOequia street last night? 1t seems so.
Both were there with their seconds, but
whether they fought is not known.
Hon. Oscar Bergstrom makes anti
prohibition speeches in Uvalde on the
9th instant and In Del Rio on the 2nd OF
August.
Water is getting TOO scarce in San
Antonio to think about voting prohibit
ton. But we still have plenty of the
finest beer In the world.
The Gas company had their pres
sure cut of today on account Of making
some new connections. No cut of on
price has been made.
The benefit for Prof Rsmirezs Span
ish TrOubaLOurs will come of at the
Fashion theatCr tomorrow night. An
extra programme is arranged and tickets
are selling quite lively.
The Hon. A. j. Evans will speak on
the prohibition amendment in Waco on
Saturday night, and will then stump
McClelland county in its Interests.
Mount Zion Free Mission Baptist
church, cOlOred, held a business meeting
last night to "call" a new pastor IN
place of Rev. J. w. Williams.
The celebration OF the overthrow of
the Bastlle will be celebrated at Casino
hall tonight by our local Frenchmen,
with ball, banquet and concert.
The BeIknaps hold their plume drill
in the armory tonight. Fatigue uni.
form is ordered. After the drill the MEM
beers will give pleasant hop TO visiting
ladies.
no ,h,,a ITnunn has AGAIN
gone to the TOpOchiCO springs IN search
of n cure for his TheumAtiCs. He should
have seen Dr. Frank Tanning and have
saved time and money.
MIR. II. w. Ensign, late manager of
the Erie telephone cOmpRny's lines In
Laredo, has been transferred to the San
Antonio exchange as manager, vice MIR.
i. W. Milburn, removed. Mr.. Ensign
assumed charge OF his rev post today.
"A walking match of so miles. be-
tween male pedestrian of Fort Worth
and female pedestrian OF San Antonio,
is being arranged 10 take place soon,
probably at the springs.
Deputy Sheriff Umscheid has pre-
pared a list Of persons "wsnted" in
BeXar county, and they number 10 per-
son. Nearly two thousand, 1t is esti-
mated, are wanted" in the state to
answer charges against them.
The idea of bringing the beautiful
waters of the Comal for use In San An
tonic is again prominent before the peO-
pie, and it is said that the West End
syndicate are in favor Of its adoption.
The county commissioners are in ia
vOr of building the new court house on
another site, if anything like a fair offer
could he got for the old building, but
only $4,000 is offered for 1t at the pres
ent time. and that is only one half its
real value.
Three cars Of sugar, shipped from
New York on July 3Td, and routed via
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass rail-
way, arrived on the llth inst. This
is remarkably quick for freight traffic
and creditably to the new route.
An estimable lady, Miss Katie
Quinn, aged % died last night at the
residence OF her parents 3Ol avenue d.
The funeral takes place at five p. 10.
today. The untimely death of the lady
Is regretted by her many friends.
The grand jury have indicted many
lawyers for failure to pay occupation
tax and their cases have been taken up
by the justice. Most Of the delinquents
have been arrested and given bond.
Now some OF them propose prosecuting
the district attorney and county attor-
ney for the same Offense, just to make
things lively, you know.
John Niece was arrested yesterday
upon an affidavit made against John
]. Carroll. charging him with perjury
which defendant is said to have commit
ted in charge Of forgery preferred
against the plaintiff. MCGEE waived eX-
animation and was placed under $500
bond to appear before the grand jury.
The young lady friends of the Young
Mems Catholic Union gave very pleas
ant ice cream festival at 250 West Com
merce street yesterday afternoon and
last night for the benefit of the Union.
The affair was very successful and net
ted about 500.
"A fight occurred between white
man and 4 negro on the southwest cor
Der of Main plaza, because the negro
had bad habit of winking his eyes all
the time and the white man thought he
was winking at him.
District Master Workman r. II.
Banks, of district assembly No. Is, K. of
L., leaves next Monday for Temple, to
attend the meeting of the district as
semblles which COnVenes there upon
that day.
The Mission Hose company had a
special drill and test OF fire MIGRANTS last
night and sprinkle East Commerce and
other adjacent streets, for which num-
Der of the grateful residents thereon sup
piled them with a keR of beer after
wards. A regular monthly drill takes
plao tonight.
Mission garden concert by the Hun
garisn students last night was fully as
enjoyable as the preceding ones. One
very fine selection, Turkish Patrol"
was rendered iH good style. A very in
teresting programme has been arranged
for Friday nights concert.
Col. l. =. Simpson has brought suit
against Erastus Reed on note for
S549. SO. unendOrsed, and has garnished
Chas. w. Ogden, Lizzie Smith, alias Eva
DOyl, and Maggie Reed. to secure his
money, as it is thought these parties
owed Reed some mOney-enough to
cover this claim.
"A disgraoeful drunken row occurred
on the train coming from San Marcos
night. Two young men from
that city raised 1t with the conductor
and one drew q pistol. A deputy
United States marshal was on the train
and offered to arrest them II the cOnduc-
tor would stop the train, but the con-
duotOr did his duty to his company
rather than punish the offenders.
Recorders Court.
Henry Schneider, drunk, $40.
WIN. Gettinger, striking, Sl5.
Jas. Fitzgerald, drunk, So.